highest era for a closer with at least 16 saves in a season

Brad Lidge has the highest ERA with 16+ saves in a season, with an ERA of 7.21 in 2009.

Regular season

	NAME	ERA	SV	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	7.21	31	2009	PHI	67	0	8	.000	0	61	0	0	58.2	72	47	51	11	34	5	55	3	283	4	9.36	5.22	1.79	1.69	21.6	12.0	1.81	.355	7.82	170	5.44	127	11.05	-7.5
2	Shawn Chacon S. Chacon	7.11	35	2004	COL	66	1	9	.100	0	52	0	0	63.1	71	50	52	12	52	5	60	7	316	9	7.39	7.39	1.00	1.71	16.5	16.5	1.94	.303	7.39	147	6.56	141	10.09	-12.4
3	Derrick Turnbow D. Turnbow	6.87	24	2006	MIL	64	4	9	.308	0	69	0	0	56.1	56	43	51	8	39	4	49	2	266	6	11.02	6.23	1.77	1.28	25.9	14.7	1.69	.329	8.15	153	4.83	107	8.95	-1.9
4	Brandon Maurer B. Maurer	6.52	22	2017	TOT	68	3	6	.333	0	59	0	0	59.1	73	43	43	8	19	1	43	2	267	1	8.95	2.88	3.11	1.21	22.1	7.1	1.55	.361	6.52	151	3.93	92	11.07	2.3
5	Jose Mesa J. Mesa	6.52	24	2003	PHI	61	5	7	.417	0	45	0	0	58.0	71	42	44	7	31	1	47	2	273	3	6.98	4.81	1.45	1.09	16.5	11.4	1.76	.339	6.83	155	4.70	111	11.02	-3
6	Rob Dibble R. Dibble	6.48	19	1993	CIN	45	1	4	.200	0	49	0	0	41.2	34	30	33	8	42	2	37	0	196	4	10.58	9.07	1.17	1.73	25.0	21.4	1.82	.274	7.13	159	6.29	151	7.34	-9.5
7	Pete Fairbanks P. Fairbanks	6.31	19	2026	MIA	46	4	5	.444	1	57	0	0	41.1	35	29	32	8	21	3	37	1	183	3	12.41	4.57	2.71	1.74	31.1	11.5	1.35	.287	6.97	148	4.60	109	7.62	-1.7
8	Mike Williams M. Williams	6.14	28	2003	TOT	68	1	7	.125	0	39	0	0	63.0	66	43	44	5	41	4	47	6	299	2	5.57	5.86	0.95	0.71	13.0	13.7	1.70	.290	6.29	145	4.96	116	9.43	-4.9
9	C.J. Wilson	6.02	24	2008	TEX	50	2	2	.500	0	41	0	0	46.1	49	31	35	8	27	2	41	2	214	3	7.96	5.24	1.52	1.55	19.2	12.6	1.64	.301	6.80	134	5.48	124	9.52	-5.4
10	Dave Smith D. Smith	6.00	17	1991	CHC	35	0	6	.000	0	16	0	0	33.0	39	22	22	6	19	1	28	5	151	1	4.36	5.18	0.84	1.64	10.6	12.6	1.76	.303	6.00	155	6.06	157	10.64	-7.8
11	LaTroy Hawkins L. Hawkins	5.96	28	2001	MIN	62	1	5	.167	0	36	0	0	51.1	59	34	34	3	39	1	51	3	248	7	6.31	6.84	0.92	0.53	14.5	15.7	1.91	.331	5.96	131	4.74	109	10.34	-2.4
12	Jay Howell J. Howell	5.89	16	1987	OAK	36	3	4	.429	0	35	0	0	44.1	48	29	30	6	21	1	27	1	200	4	7.11	4.26	1.67	1.22	17.5	10.5	1.56	.307	6.09	139	4.53	105	9.74	-1.1
13	Jeff Brantley J. Brantley	5.86	23	2000	PHI	55	2	7	.222	0	57	0	0	55.1	64	36	36	12	29	2	47	0	256	2	9.27	4.72	1.97	1.95	22.3	11.3	1.68	.333	5.86	126	5.57	121	10.41	-6
14	Jose Valverde J. Valverde	5.84	18	2006	ARI	44	2	3	.400	0	69	0	0	49.1	50	32	32	6	22	2	35	3	223	2	12.59	4.01	3.14	1.09	30.9	9.9	1.46	.355	5.84	124	3.38	73	9.12	6.9
15	Matt Capps M. Capps	5.80	27	2009	PIT	57	4	8	.333	0	46	0	0	54.1	73	35	36	10	17	3	50	3	251	0	7.62	2.82	2.71	1.66	18.3	6.8	1.66	.360	5.96	140	4.89	117	12.09	-4.3
16	Mike Henneman M. Henneman	5.79	31	1996	TEX	49	0	7	.000	0	34	0	0	42.0	41	27	28	6	17	0	45	5	182	4	7.29	3.64	2.00	1.29	18.7	9.3	1.38	.280	6.00	113	4.62	94	8.79	1.4
17	David Bednar D. Bednar	5.77	23	2024	PIT	62	3	8	.273	0	58	0	0	57.2	54	37	40	9	28	3	45	3	262	2	9.05	4.37	2.07	1.40	22.1	10.7	1.42	.274	6.24	137	4.79	118	8.43	-4.7
18	Hideki Irabu H. Irabu	5.74	16	2002	TEX	38	3	8	.273	2	30	0	0	47.0	51	30	30	11	16	1	26	2	204	3	5.74	3.06	1.88	2.11	14.7	7.8	1.43	.274	5.74	122	5.80	129	9.77	-6.6
19	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	5.59	26	2019	NYM	66	2	7	.222	0	99	0	0	58.0	58	36	36	15	22	4	48	3	254	3	15.36	3.41	4.50	2.33	39.0	8.7	1.38	.377	5.59	137	4.50	105	9.00	-1.4
20	Doug Henry D. Henry	5.56	17	1993	MIL	54	4	4	.500	0	38	0	0	55.0	67	34	37	7	25	3	41	8	260	4	6.22	4.09	1.52	1.15	14.6	9.6	1.67	.321	6.05	127	4.78	112	10.96	-3.2
21	Jim Johnson J. Johnson	5.56	22	2017	ATL	61	6	3	.667	0	61	0	0	56.2	59	35	39	8	25	1	38	3	256	3	9.69	3.97	2.44	1.27	23.8	9.8	1.48	.317	6.19	126	4.21	99	9.37	0.4
22	Frank Francisco F. Francisco	5.53	23	2012	NYM	48	1	3	.250	0	47	0	0	42.1	47	26	27	5	21	0	38	1	197	2	9.99	4.46	2.24	1.06	23.9	10.7	1.61	.339	5.74	148	3.89	100	9.99	0.1
23	Ambiorix Burgos A. Burgos	5.52	18	2006	KCR	68	4	5	.444	1	72	0	0	73.1	83	45	49	16	37	6	41	4	336	11	8.84	4.54	1.95	1.96	21.4	11.0	1.64	.327	6.01	121	5.77	129	10.19	-10.8
24	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	5.40	16	2000	HOU	50	3	7	.300	16	142	0	0	125.0	127	75	80	26	61	7	25	3	563	6	10.22	4.39	2.33	1.87	25.2	10.8	1.50	.309	5.76	112	5.19	109	9.14	-5.9
25	Alfredo Aceves A. Aceves	5.36	25	2012	BOS	69	2	10	.167	0	75	0	0	84.0	80	50	51	11	31	6	55	2	361	3	8.04	3.32	2.42	1.18	20.8	8.6	1.32	.290	5.46	126	4.32	107	8.57	-2.7

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	88	63	.583
Phillies	83	67	.553	4.5
Marlins	74	77	.490	14.0
Nationals	70	81	.464	18.0
Mets	69	81	.460	18.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 9/16	PHI	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Thu 9/17	PHI	@	NYM	7:15 PM
Fri 9/18	PHI	@	NYM	7:15 PM
Sat 9/19	PHI	@	NYM	4:10 PM
Sun 9/20	PHI	@	NYM	1:10 PM

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Final

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Schwarber

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Crow-Armstrong

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Arraez

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Crow-Armstrong

102

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Alvarez

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Crow-Armstrong

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Cease

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Braves	88	63	.583
Phillies	83	67	.553	4.5
Marlins	74	77	.490	14.0
Nationals	70	81	.464	18.0
Mets	69	81	.460	18.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - x	93	57	.620
Cubs	84	67	.556	9.5
Pirates	75	75	.500	18.0
Cardinals	75	76	.497	18.5
Reds	70	80	.467	23.0
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Dodgers - x	91	59	.607
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Diamondbacks	80	71	.530	11.5
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Yankees - x	87	63	.580	3.5
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Orioles	73	78	.483	18.0
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White Sox	77	73	.513
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Tigers	71	79	.473	6.0
Twins	70	80	.467	7.0
Royals	66	84	.440	11.0
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Astros	75	75	.500
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